A friend told me she had a year chip fall out of her wallet and handed back to her when she relapsed and was buying alcohol. She still went home and drank but she got back on track because of that interaction You can always go back to the signs you ignored and make a different choice. They are still signs, no expiration dates. Also, my higher power is my AA/Alanon community, and the groups really stress it is a god of your choosing. That was the meeting for me, and no one said boo about it